Department of Biology
Faculty of Sciences and Science Education
University of Haifa - Oranim
 
 
 

Prof. Gidi Ne'eman

Associate Professor

Contact

Department of Biology, University of Haifa at Oranim, Tivon 36006, Israel
Tel: (972) 4 9838820
Fax: (972) 4 9832167
E-mail: gneeman@research.haifa.ac.il
 
 
 

Biography
Place and Date of Birth:               Israel, 20 November 1946
Marital Status:                             Married + 4
Permanent Home Address:          Moshav Amirim 20115 , ISRAEL
 

Research Interests

                 1. Ecology and phenology of plants.
                 2. Fire ecology.
                 3. Pollination and reproductive ecology.
                 4. Plant animal interactions.
                 5. Nature conservation

Recent Publications
In Refereed Journals

1. Galil, J. and Ne'eman, G. 1977. Pollen transfer and pollination in the common fig (Ficus carica L.). New Phytologist, 77: 163- 171.
2. Galil, J. and Ne'eman, G. 1977. Pollen transfer and pollination in the common fig (Ficus carica L.). New Phytologist, 77: 163- 171.
3. Ne'eman, G. and Galil, J. 1978. Seed set in "male syconia" of the common fig Ficus carica L. (caprificus). New Phytologist, 81: 375-380.
4. Ne'eman, G., Lahav, H. & Izhaki, I. 1992. Spatial patterns of seedlings one year after fire in a Mediterranean pine forest. Oecologia, 91: 365-370.
5. Izhaki, I., Ne'eman, G. and Lahav, H. 1992. Spatial distribution patterns of Rhus coriaria seedlings after fire in a Mediterranean pine forest. Acta Oecologica, 13: 279-289.
6. Ne'eman, G., Meir, I. and Ne'eman, R. 1993. The influence of pine ash on the germination and early growth of Pinus halepensis and Cistus salviifolius. Water Science and Technology, 27: 525-532.
7. Ne'eman, G. Meir, I. and Ne'eman, R. 1993. The effect of ash on the germination and early growth of shoots and roots of Pinus, Cistus and annuals. Seed Science and Technology, 21: 339-349.
8. Ne'eman, G. 1993. Variation in leaf phenology and habit in Quercus ithaburensis, a Mediterranean deciduous tree. Journal of Ecology, 81: 627-634.
9. Ne'eman, G. Lahav. H and Izhaki, I. 1995. Recovery of vegetation in a natural east-Mediterranean pine forest on Mt. Carmel, Israel, as affected by management strategies. Forest Ecology and Management, 75: 17-26.
10. Ne'eman, G. and Nesher, R. 1995. Pollination ecology and the significance of colour change in Lupinus pilosus L. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences, 43: 135-145.
11. Henig-Sever, N., Eshel, A. and Neâeman, G. 1996. pH and osmotic potential of pine ash as post-fire germination inhibitors. Physiologia Plantarum, 96: 71-76.
12. Neâeman, G. 1996. Pollination ecology in Lupinus pilosus. Bocconea, 5: 201-209.
13. Neâeman, G. and Izhaki, I. 1996. Colonization in an abandoned East Mediterranean vineyard. Journal of Vegetation Science, 7: 465-472.
14. Izhaki, I. and Ne'eman, G. 1996. The effect of porcupine and bast scale disturbance on Aleppo pine recruitment. Acta Oecologica, 17: 97-107.
15. Izhaki, I. and Neâeman, G. 1997. Hares (Lepus sp.) as seed dispersers of Retema reatem (Fabaceae) in a sandy landscape. Journal of Arid Environments, 37: 343-354.
16. Schiller, G., Neâeman, G. and Korol, L. 1997. Post-fire dynamics of vegetation, forest structure and genetic diversity of native Pinus halepensis Mill. stands on Mt. Carmel, Israel. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences, 45: 297:308.
17. Neâeman, G. 1997. Regeneration of natural pine forest - a review of work done after the 1989 fire in Mount Carmel, Israel. The International Journal of Wildland Fire, 7: 295-306.
18. Neâeman, G., Perevolotsky, A. and Schiller, G. 1997. The Management implications of the Mt. Carmel research project. The International Journal of Wildland Fire, 7: 343-350.
19. Neâeman, G. and Izhaki, I. 1998. Stability of pre- and post-fire spatial structure of pine trees in Aleppo pine forest. Ecography, 21: 535-542.
20. Ne'eman, G., Henig-Sever, N. and Eshel, A. 1999. Regulation of the germination of Rhus coriaria L., a post-fire pioneer, by heat, ash, pH, water potential and ethylene. Physiologia Plantarum, 106: 47-52.
21. Ne'eman, G. 1999. A comparative study of reproduction and biomass allocation between spring and autumn flowering Mediterranean geophytes. Journal of Mediterranean Ecology, 1: 27-34.
22. Keeley, J. E., Fotheringham, C. J. and Neâeman, G. 1999. Immaturity risk in a fire dependent pine. Journal of Mediterranean Ecology, 1: 41-48.
23. Neâeman, G., Dafni, A. and Potts, S.G. 1999. A new pollination probability index (PPI) for pollen load analysis as a measure for pollination effectiveness of bees. Journal of Apicultural Research, 38: 19-23.
24. Ne'eman, G. and Dafni, A. 1999. Fire bees and seed production in a Mediterranean key species Salvia fruticosa (Lamiaceae). Israel Journal of Plant Sciences, 47: 157-163.
25. Neâeman, G. and Izhaki, I. 1999. The effect of stand age and microhabitat on soil seed banks in Mediterranean Aleppo pine forests after fire. Plant Ecology, 144: 115-125.
26. Neâeman, G. and Izhaki, I. 1999. Ecology and management of Mediterranean pine forests ö conclusions of the international MEDPINE workshop. Journal of Mediterranean Ecology, 1: 133-138.
27. Neâeman, G., Fotheringham, C. J. and Keeley, J. E. 1999. Patch to landscape patterns in post-fire recruitment of a serotinous conifer. Plant Ecology, 145: 235-242.
28. Neâeman, G., Dafni, A. and Potts, S.G. 2000. Effect of fire on flower visitation rate and fruit-set in four core-species in east Mediterranean scrubland. Plant Ecology, 146: 97-104.
29. Henig-Sever, N., Eshel, A. and Neâeman, G. 2000. Regulation of the germination of Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis) by nitrate, ammonium and gibberellin, and its role in post-fire forest regeneration. Physiologia Plantarum, 108: 390-397.
30. Eshel, A., Henig-Sever, N. and Ne'eman, G. 2000. Spatial variation of seedling distribution in an east Mediterranean pine woodland at the beginning of post-fire succession. Plant Ecology, 148: 175-182.
31. Izhaki, I., Henig-Sever, N. and Neâeman, G. 2000. Soil seed banks in Mediterranean Aleppo pine forests: the effect of heat, cover and ash on seedling emergence. Journal of Ecology, 88: 1-10.
32. Potts, S.G., Dafni, A. and Neâeman, G. 2001. Pollination of a core flowering shrub species in Mediterranean phrygana: variation in pollinator diversity, abundance and effectiveness in response to fire. Oikos, 92: 71-80.
33. Perevolotsky, A., Ne'eman, G., Yonathan, R and Henkin, Z. 2001.Resilience of prickly burnet to management intervention in East Mediterranean rangelands. Journal of Range Management, 54 561-566. 
34. Neâeman, G. and Kevan, P. G. 2001. The effect of shape parameters on maximal detection distance of model targets by honeybee workers. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 187:653-660
35. Hanley, M. E., Fenner, M. and Ne’eman, G. 2001. Pre-germination heat-shock and seedling growth of fire-following Fabaceae from four Mediterranean-climate regions. Acta Oecologica, 22: 315-320.
36. Goubitz, S., Werger, M.J.A., Shmida, A. and Ne’eman, G. 2002. Cone abortion in Pinus halepensis: the role of pollen quality tree size and cone location. Oikos 97: 125-133.
37. Lev-Yadun, S., Dafni, A., Inbar, M., Izhaki. I. and Ne’eman. G. 2002. Colour patterns in vegetative parts of plants deserve more research attention. Trends in Plant Science 7: 59-60.
38. Ne’eman, G. 2002. To be or not to be – the effect of nature conservation management on the flowering of Paeonia mascula (L.) Miller in Israel. Biological Conservation 109: 103-109.
39. Potts, S.G., Vulliamy, B., Dafni, A., Ne’eman, G., O’Toole, C., Roberts, S. &
    Willmer, P.G. 2003. Response of plant-pollinator communities following fire:
    changes in diversity, abundance and reward structure. Oikos 101: 103-112.
40. Goubitz, S., Werger, M. and Ne'eman, G. 2003. Germination response to fire related factors of seeds from non-serotinous and serotinous cones. Plant Ecology 169: 195-204.
41. Potts, S.G., Vulliamy B., Dafni, A., Ne’eman, G. and Willmer, P.G. Linking bees and flowers: how do floral communities structure pollinator communities? Ecology 26: 2628-264.

ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION

42. Goubitz, S., Nathan, R., Roitemberg, D., Shmida, A. and Ne'eman, G. Canopy seed bank structure in relation to: fire, tree size and density Plant Ecology (June 2003).
43. Ne’eman, G., Goubitz, S. and Nathan, R. Reproductive traits of Pinus halepensis in the light of fire – a critical review. Plant Ecology (May 2003).
44. Nathan, R. and Ne’eman G. Spatiotemporal dynamics of recruitment in Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis Miller) Plant Ecology (May 2003).
45. Lev-Yadun, S., and Ne’eman, G. When may green plants be apposematic? Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society (August 2003).

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
 

1. Ne'eman, G., Lahav, H. and Izhaki, I. 1992. Resilience of vegetation to fire in an East-Mediterranean pine forest on Mount Carmel, Israel: the effect of post-fire management regimes. In: Trabaud, L. and Prodon, R. (eds.), The Role of Fire in Mediterranean Ecosystems. Commission of the European Community, Brussels, pp. 127-140. (Refereed chapter).
2. Ne'eman, G. and Goubitz, S. 2000. Phenology of east Mediterranean vegetation. In: Trabaud, L. (ed.) Advances in Ecological Sciences: Life and Environment in Mediterranean Ecosystems. Computational Mechanics Publications, Southampton, UK, pp. 155-202.
3. Neâeman, G. 2000. The effect of burned pine trees on post-fire regeneration. In: Neâeman, G. and Trabaud, L. (eds). Ecology, Biogeography and Management of Pinus halepensis and P. brutia Mediterranean Pine Forest Ecosystems. Buckhuys Publishers, Leiden, pp. 303-320
4. Neâeman, G. and Perevolotsky, A. 2000. The management of burnt forests in Israel. In: Neâeman, G. and Trabaud, L. (eds). Ecology, Biogeography and Management of Pinus halepensis and P. brutia Mediterranean Pine Forest Ecosystems. Buckhuys Publishers, Leiden, pp. 321-334.
5. Nathan, R. and Neâeman, G. 2000. Serotiny, seed dispersal and seed predation in P. halepensis. In: Neâeman, G. and Trabaud, L. (eds). Ecology, Biogeography and Management of Pinus halepensis and P. brutia Mediterranean Pine Forest Ecosystems. Buckhuys Publishers, Leiden, pp. 105-118.
6. Izhaki, I. and Neâeman, G. 2000. Soil seed banks in P. halepensis natural forests. In: Neâeman, G. and Trabaud, L. (eds). Ecology, Biogeography and Management of Pinus halepensis and P. brutia Mediterranean Pine Forest Ecosystems. Buckhuys Publishers, Leiden, pp. 167-182.
7. Shmida, A., Lev-Yadun, S., Goubitz, S. and Neâeman, G. 2000. Sexual allocation and gender segregation  in P. halepensis, P. brutia and P. pinea. In: Neâeman, G. and Trabaud, L. (eds). Ecology, Biogeography and Management of Pinus halepensis and P. brutia Mediterranean Pine Forest Ecosystems. Buckhuys Publishers, Leiden, pp. 91-104.
8. Arianoutsou, M. and Neâeman, G. 2000. Post-fire regeneration of natural  P. halepensis in the east Mediterranean. In: Neâeman, G. and Trabaud, L. (eds). Ecology, Biogeography and Management of Pinus halepensis and P. brutia Mediterranean Pine Forest Ecosystems. Buckhuys Publishers, Leiden. pp. 269-290.

 

Classes

Organisms in their natural environment                       Lectures & Field          B.Sc.
General botany                                                         Lecture & Lab.            B.Sc.
Geobotany, plant ecology in Israel                             Lecture & Field           B.Sc.
Pollination ecology                                                   Lecture & Field           B.Sc.
Quantitative methods in Ecology (with Dr. Izhaki)      Lecture & Field           B.Sc.
Pollination ecology, inter-university workshop at Mt. Meiron (with Prof. Shmida and Prof. Dafni)                                                                                Field projects              B.Sc. M.Sc. Ph.D.
 

Graduate Students Supervised

Ph.D. 

Nava Henig-Sever  (Supervision together with Dr. Amram Eshel). Regulation of germination by ash and its ecological significance in the post-fire regeneration of Mediterranean vegetation. 1997. 

Shirrinka Goubitz (Supervision together with Prof. A. Shmida). Reproductive characteristics and spatial and temporal allocation patterns in natural and planted stands of Pinus halepensis and P. brutia. 2001.

Yuval Sapir (Supervision together with Prof. A. Shmida). Pollination ecology of Iris section Oncocyclus.

M.Sc.

Ofrit Shavit (Supervision together with Prof. A. Shmida). Foraging behaviour of females and males of solitary bees. 2001  

M.A.

Shai Levi (Supervision together with Prof. A. Dafni and Dr. N. Greenbaum). The effect of visitors on soil properties and vegetation in pine forest campsites on Mt. Carmel Israel.

Liron Shapira (Supervision together with Dr. M. Klein University of Haifa).Invasion of Tamarix nilotica its ecological background and management implications.

Recent projects
 

Post-fire and Plant Ecology

• The effect of management on post-fire regeneration of natural pine forests on Mt. Carmel. 
• The effect of visitors on the soil properties and vegetation in pine forest campsites on Mount carmel. 
• The impact of drought years and insect pests on Quercus calliprinos on Mt. Carmel and Mt. Turan.
• The relationship between spatial patterning and genetic structure of pre- and post-fire pine forests
• The genetic basis of the phenotypic variation in Quercus ithaburensis.

Pollination

• Distant detection of flowers by honeybee workers. 
• The effects of introduced honeybees and bumblebees on local solitary bees. 

Nature Conservation

• The effect of natural succession and management activities on the locally endangered Paeonia mascula in Mount Meiron Nature Reserve.
• The effect of grazing on Anemone coronaria.
• The use of plants as bioindicators for air and water pollution. 

Last update: January 4, 2004

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